2.4.2 Costumbrismo in the articles of José Victoriano Betancourt (1813 – 1875) and his foray into poetry

2.5.1.1 Main literary critics in the period 1844 – 1868

2.5.1.2 The critical work of Enrique Piñeyro (1839 – 1911)

2.5.1 The period 1844 – 1868, a transitional stage in literary criticism

2.5 The rise of literary criticism (1790 – 1844)

2.6 Political-economic thought and its literary expressions in the period prior to the revolutionary outbreak of 1868, journalism

2.6.2 The ideas, journalism and oratory of José Manuel Mestre (1832 – 1886)

2.6.1 The journalism and underlying ideas of Francisco de Frías Jacott, Count of Pozos Dulces (1809 – 1877)

2.3.6.2 The narrative of Pedro José Morillas (1803 – 1881), author of “El Ranchador”

2.3.6.1 Autobiography, by Juan Francisco Manzano (1797 – 1854) and his lyrical work

2.3.6 The theme of slavery in Cuban literature, some significant works

2.3.5.6 The Havana Forum and its Mysteries; or, an Official of Causes, a novel attributed to Franchi Alfaro and published in 1846